Two Comet Bay College students have flown to Singapore as part of a six man match sailing team to compete in the Marina Bay Cup 2017.
Andrew Buchan (Year 10) and Murray Buchan (Year 8) have been selected to represent Australia at the International Sailing Event from 15th-17th September.
They will compete in the three day regatta which is a grade 3 World Sailing event.
There are 8 teams competing: Australia, Finland, USA, Philippines, Hungary, Japan and Singapore.
The six man team consists of sailors aged 13 To 20. We wish them luck in this exciting competition.
Team Members
Murray Buchan (Pitman) age 13 – CBC student
Andrew Buchan (Bowman) age 15 – CBC student
Luke Dobrich (Skipper) age 16 – from Bunbury
Kai Colman (Trimmer) age 16 – from Busselton
Nick Syme (Tactician) age 20 – from Fremantle
Will Boulden (Coach) age 22 – from Cottesloe
The boys have been sailing for seven years starting out at the local TCYC in Rockingham, now sailing at Fremantle Sailing Club and Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club.
They usually sail together on the double handed Olympic men’s Skiff class called a 49er.
They are training for the States race here in November and Nationals in Queensland in December.
They were asked to be part of a team from Australia to go to Singapore sailing a 40 foot boat to match race the same as Americas Cup racing.
They have been in training since June as Advanced Match Racing Squad at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. They have been coached by previous Americas Cup sailors during this time.
The competition runs from 15th to 17th September in Marina Bay – Singapore, coinciding with the Formula 1.
